EPA Just Approved The Release Of 'Weaponized' Mosquitoes In 20 US States

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just cleared MosquitoMate, Inc., a Lexington, KY based biotechnology company, focused on mosquito control deficiencies, invasive mosquito species, and important vectors of human diseases, to release it’s bacteria-infected mosquitoes in 20 US states and Washington DC.

On 3 November, the agency told biotechnology start-up MosquitoMate that it could release the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis into the environment as a tool against the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Lab-reared mosquitoes will deliver the bacterium to wild mosquito populations.

The decision - which the EPA has not formally announced - allows the company, which is based in Lexington, Kentucky, to release the bacteria-infected mosquitoes in 20 US states and Washington DC.

The University of Kentucky explains their roll in fostering the science behind MosquitoMate, along with the understanding of how this technology works.

According to David O’Brochta, an entomologist at the University of Maryland in Rockville, “It’s a non-chemical way of dealing with mosquitoes, so from that perspective, you’d think it would have a lot of appeal. I’m glad to see it pushed forward, as I think it could be potentially really important.”

The company’s lab-grown mosquitoes, which it calls ZAP males, are a non-biting, male Aedes albopictus (Asian Tiger mosquito) that carries a bacterium called Wolbachia. As explained on the company’s website, Wolbachia “is common throughout insects worldwide, with scientists estimating that over half of all insects naturally carry the infection”.When bacteria-infected males mate with unaffected females, it causes the females to become sterile.

The 20 approved states are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia, as well as Washington, DC.

The push for MosquitoMate has been in response to mosquitoes carrying Zika and other deadly diseases. The ‘War on Zika’ began earlier this year with 20,000 MosquitoMate mosquitoes released in the Florida Keys targeting wild females that carried Zika. In July, Fresno, California stepped it up a notch and released 20 million MosquitoMate mosquitoes in the name of ‘combating Zika’.

In the video below, Fresno, California officials admit mosquitoes in the area are not actively carrying dangerous diseases such as Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya, but for all intensive purposes they want to “stay ahead” of the curve...

However, few have focused on the Risks of Wolbachia mosquito control and in one shocking development this is uncharted territory. Sciencemag.org makes a very good point “few have focused on the probability ofWolbachia strains being transferred to other insects and the potential environmental and economic impacts .” The article goes on to say Wolbachia strains are capable of being transferred across horizontally among distant related arthropods. In addition, some parasites are able to carry Wolbachia strain to other species. The article makes another great point, of the actual shift of a Wolbachia host to native species is complex and poorly understood.

Since Wolbachia strain is found in nature and not genetically modified. MosquitoMate is not applicable to The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety- a United Nations safety regulation for transfer, handling, and use of genetically modified organisms signed by 170 countries. As far as we are aware, there are no countries that have regulation on Wolbachia infected organisms, so this is a first, hence uncharted territories.

What if the mosquitos are sorted incorrectly? Do you really think that out of 20 million mosquitos, nary a biting female will get through the sorting process?

What if the Wolbachia mutates? Something that is not harmful now could morph into something far worse than Zika.

What if scientists believe that this gives them innate permission to conduct “field studies” of other things? Oh…wait. Apparently, they already feel they don’t require our permission to turn our neighborhoods into test facilities.

It never occurred to these academic twats that nature has a built in mosquito abatement program called birds, fish, and reptiles. Also of note is the increase in pooled standing water in teh modren edewkayted cyvillizashin

A couple trillion flying hypodermic needles flying around, what could go wrong? These things have a way of turning out badly due to some unforeseen problem. Watch people come down with some fucked up treponema infection from mosquitoes, or ???

"In the video below, Fresno, California officials admit mosquitoes in the area are not actively carrying dangerous diseases such as Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya, but for all intensive purposes they want to “stay ahead” of the curve..."Fer cripes sakes! It's "for all intents and purposes". Was this article written by CNN?

If they kill all the mosquitos, Will probably destroy a good chunk of the ecosystem. What do their predators eat when they are all dead? How far up the chain does that go? I grew up in swamp land in Wisconsin, I get the hate thing. These programs are for the eradication of a species. How does this go well long term?

They are only sterilising the ones which carry Zika, Malaria etc. Plenty of mosquito species do not carry these diseases and will presumably replace them.Frankly, good riddance to the little turds. The actual issue here is the government deciding it has the right to test this out on you without even informing you.

They used to be against the colored. Is looking like they just want to kill everyone that disagrees with them in todays world. Yet they keep developing the nasty crap in the colored countries. In the name of aid and saving them...... I could never make this shit up, watch WHO in Africa and the shit that sprouts up around them every couple of years.

To the PTB.Playing god will get your wings clipped, and corraled into the Pit.Genetic meddling is NOT ok.Transhumanism is NOT ok.Messing with free will is a MASSIVE sin that will be dealt with swiftly. (You know what I mean).We are watching and waiting.Flick the sustainability switch.Go for it.Do it.We double dare you.

I would wager that modern geneticists could develop microbes that attacked people based on specific genes, such as those that code for high levels of melanin. Or perhaps they could go after albinos or people with blue eyes. Long ago Robert Heinlein wrote a novel that explored the possibility of using radiation to attack specific racial groups. Better living through science!